Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30
LOCAL NEWS,

The winter term of the graded school
will open next Tuesday, and of the col
lege next Thursday.
The Green Mountain Pulp Co. has
bought of Heath Bros. of Lincoln $500
worth of wild land.
Attention is called to the notice by the
secretary in another column of the lee
ture at the Y. NJ. c. A. hall this evening.
The mail train from the north was over
two hours late yesterday forenoon. The
stages from Ripton and West Cornwall
got here on time; that from Bridport at
II o'clock.
The meeting at the Addison House,
Wednesday evening, for the purpose of
forming Republican club was but SHINY
attended, owing to the storm, and moth
ing was done.
Camp A. S. Tracy, Sons of Veterans, re-
Gently held its annual election of officers,
with this result: Captain, George Bell;
first lieutenant, F. E. Rogers; second
lieutenant, Clarence Taylor.
As will be seen from the notices else
where, the annual meeting of the Ver-
mont Merino Sheep-Breeders' association
comes on the 18th of January, and of the
Atwood club on the 10Th.
The net amount realized by the Ladies'
auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. from its
fair and sale last month is within a few
dollars of 5000 and that figure may be
reached before all the goods are sold.
The annual report of the village audi
tors is being printed and will be distribu-
ted early in the week. The village
meeting comes on Wednesday afternoon
next at l 30 o'clock. 1t promises to be
lively and interesting.
Mr.. John d. Hall of Boston, a govern
ment post-otfice inspector, is looking
over the offices in this vicinity. He
makes his headquarters here. 1t is sey-
eral years since the small offices here
abouts were inspected.
The family Christmas tree at j. B. No
lands last Saturday night was a success.
1t was very handsome and laden with
large number of beautiful and useful
gifts. The occasion was one of real en-
joyment to all present.
There were Christmas services of one
kind and another at all the churches. A
pleasant feature of that at the Methodist
church Monday evening was the present
alton to the librarian of the Sunday
school, Mr.. ii. A. Peck, of handsome
chair.
Had it not been for the storm the to-
boggan slide would have been ready for
use on Wednesday evening. 1t is pro-
posed to run it this season. Mr.. F. A.
Bond is president of the association and
Messrs. Allan Calhoun, w. ID. Lane and
NJ. L. Butterfield, directors.
Butter is worth about the same as for
several weeks past-lS to u cents, with
an occasional tub at - cents. The low
est quotation for the six months ended
Nov. l averaged 1914 cents, the next
highest 1892 cents and selections 1916
cents; average of the whole, Is cents.
Mr.. Norman Harvey, who has been in
Smith & Aliens employ for several years,
was stricken with paralysis last week
Thursday afternoon. He drove out to
East Middlebury for load of lumber
and had the most Of it on the sleghs
when he was attacked. He was brought
home, and, though very sick for day or
two, is steadily improving.
The ''open-winter" prophets of early
December are beginning to feel tired.
And well they may. The snow storm
which commenced at an early hour on
Wednesday and continued till evening
brought full foot more of snow, so
that the amount on the ground now can
not be less than two and half feet.
Luckily the new fall was damp and stuck
together; had it not been, the wind which
sprang up in the evening would have
made no end of trouble.
The following has been handed us /:
Services appropriate to Christmas were
held by the Liberal Christian society at
Odd Fellows hall, conducted by Rev. S.
G. Beane of Salem, Mass. The Christ
mas music was under the leadership of
j. M. Peck. The morning sermon, from
Luke i:l7, was on "The providential
preparation of the world for Christs
coming" The main points were: The
political unity secured by the Roman
empire, making the whole world one
the unity of language, so that every
where Greek was carried, serving